Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-18

uvautuuI ANY ,Inns Laat naIuI- ever Iuii,eu
out. One Young woman, in neat fitting
plug hat, looked to me like peri IL has
been a gooi while now since | saw peri, but
have always heard them very highly spoken
of. and hope she will not be offended when
she reads these lines and finds that regard
her III that light.
A custom If taking the butler along in the
seat with the coachman is growing in favor
for two reasons: first, it shows that YOU have
IA butler, and, second, you know that while he
is out with you he is not putting paste in the
place of your diamonds at home. So had
almost said that It paste To do this.
The automatic or jointless footman is still
popular, and young man who has good
turning lathe leg and an air Of impenetrable
gloom can get n job most any time.
There ought To be book Of park etiquette
printed soon, however, for the guidance of its
patrons. In tue first place it should be con-
siderei outre for a gentleman to hire a coupe
10y the hour IN order to recover from alco-
ho!lc prostratiun, and then sleep up and down
the drive with his feet out the window. 1t is
not respectful, and besides that the blood Is
Liable t. all rush u his head.
Drunken cab drivers, too, should not be
permitted 10 drive in the park, for only n
little while ago one of them Is said to have
fallen from his high perch and injured his
crest.
A park policeman should be specially de
tailed breath tester 10 stand at each Ell
trance and smell the breath Of all driv srs and
other patrons Of the park. Let US enforce the
law.
But the most curious feature about the ex-
hlbition afternoon spin IN the park u the
great prevalence Of mourning symbols.
Almost, II not quite, one third of the car
rfages one meets is decorated with black in
every possible way, till sometimes it looks
like runaway funeral procession.
Why people should come to Central park To
advertise their woe by means Of long, black,
mourning tsssels ut their horses heads and .
draped driver, with broad bands Of bomba-
zine concealing the russet tops Of his boots,
sometimes dressed in black throughout, -
more than | can understand.
The honest, earnest and genuine affection
of good woman for a worthy man, alive or
dead, is too sacred to treat lightly, and the
love that survives the wreck and ruin of
gathering years has inspired more than one
man to deeds Of daring, whereby he has won
everlasting renown; but the woe that is
divided up among the servants aud SHARED IN
oS the horses Is not Ia 8ood taste' II Is not IN
good or,ser, and there are flies on it.
1t is like saying TO the world come and see
how / suffer. 1t is parading your sore toe
In central PARK, where people with sore toes
are not supposed 10 congrsgate II Is Ike q
wido" "aiiins her we through the ant
column OF healthy morning paper. IL Is,
in effect, saying TO christendom, come and
near ine snort anu SEE me pa" up The ground
Ill my paroxysi'is Oh wild ana uhcontroiiabie
anguish. MY griet Is OF such penetrating
nature ana oi that searching variety That II
has broken out al the barn, and even the
horses that bought Two weeks after the fu-
nerai, Win part OF the lie insurance
money, have gone INTO mourning, and the
coachman who got here day before yesterday
from LFerp"oi las TIED hlhiseii up In biack
toiii"aziie anu taxes special uehsn' III so'er-
tlsing our sorrow"
do not beie'e that II VIII always De pop